Natural versus anthropogenic inhalable aerosol chemistry of transboundary East Asian atmospheric outflows into western Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 424, Issue , 2012, Pages 182-192

  Moreno, Teresa ^a   Kojima, Tomoko ^b   Querol, Xavier ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^a   Amato, Fulvio ^c   Gibbons, Wes ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Coal emissions; Kosa; Metalliferous sulphate PM 10; SW Japan; Transboundary aerosols

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL CHEMISTRY; AEROSOL INTRUSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC COMPONENTS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ELEMENT CHEMISTRY; HEALTH EFFECTS; KOSA; LANTHANOIDS; METALLIC ELEMENTS; NATURAL MINERALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOURCE AREA; SUBMICRON; SULPHATES; SW JAPAN; TOXIC METALS; TRANS-BOUNDARY; WESTERN JAPAN;

AIR QUALITY; ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BISMUTH; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COAL COMBUSTION; COPPER; GERMANIUM; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LANDFORMS; LEAD; LEAD COMPOUNDS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MIXING; PETROLEUM REFINING; POLLUTION; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SILICATES; STRONTIUM; TIN; ZIRCONIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; GERMANIUM; IRON; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SILICATE; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; THALLIUM; VANADIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COAL; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METAL; OUTFLOW; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; COAL MINING; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST ASIA; FORECASTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WEATHER;

JAPAN; KUMAMOTO; KYUSHU;

EID: 84859742459     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.060     Document Type: Article

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